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. 2021 Mar 12;8(4):ofab121.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab121. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Clustering of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Households of Patients Diagnosed in the Outpatient Setting in Baltimore, Maryland

Zoe O Demko  1 , Annukka A R Antar  1 , Paul W Blair  1   2 , Anastasia S Lambrou  3 , Tong Yu  1 , Diane Brown  1 , Samantha N Walch  1 , Derek T Armstrong  4 , Heba H Mostafa  4 , Jeanne C Keruly  1 , David L Thomas  1 , Yukari C Manabe  1 , Shruti H Mehta  5 ; Ambulatory COVID Study Team
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Clustering of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Households of Patients Diagnosed in the Outpatient Setting in Baltimore, Maryland

Zoe O Demko et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In an outpatient cohort in Maryland, clustering of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positivity within households was high, with 76% of 74 households reporting at least 1 other symptomatic person and 66% reporting another person who tested SARS-CoV-2 positive. SARS-CoV-2 positivity among household members was associated with larger household size and bedroom sharing.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; epidemiology; household contact.

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Figure 1.
SARS-CoV-2 cascade among individual household contacts and households of 74 SARS-CoV-2-positive index participants. Abbreviation: SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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